Maye Musk, mother of billionaire Elon Musk, sleeps in the garage when she visits her son. Here’s why.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk with his mother Maye Musk at the 2022 Met Gala (AFP photo)
HIGHLIGHTS
- Elon Musk’s mother said she sleeps in the garage when she visits him.
- The reason has to do with Elon Musk’s line of work.
- Elon Musk had earlier revealed that he lives in a “very small” house.
Maye Musk, mother of billionaire Elon Musk, has revealed that she forgoes the comfort of a proper bedroom and sleeps in the garage when she visits her son.
In an interview with The Times, 71-year-old Maye Musk said that despite being the richest man in the world, Elon Musk does not have a grand, ultra-luxurious home.
So whenever she drops by the SpaceX CEO’s pad in Boca Chica, the location of the company’s Texas headquarters and Starbase launch site, she has no choice but to spend the night sleeping in the garage.
The reason behind the unusual sleeping arrangement? “You can’t have a fancy house near a rocket site,” quipped Maye Musk.
A couple of weeks ago, Elon Musk had said during a podcast that he lives in a “very small” house in Boca Chica worth $45,000. Prior to that, he had claimed in 2020 that he was selling “almost all” of his physical belongings and “will own no house”.
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Doubling down on the Tesla CEO’s assertion, Maye said in the interview that her son has no interest in material possessions.
Elon is the son of former supermodel Maye Haldeman and South African businessman Errol Musk, whom Maye divorced in 1979. Following the divorce, she moved to Canada with Elon and his siblings, Kimbal and Tosca.
Looking back on that time, Maye Musk said it was “horrifying” as the family suffered from ongoing money issues, and she constantly feared she wouldn’t be able to feed her children.
“There were hard times,” she said, recalling how the family lived in a one-bedroom apartment and couldn’t afford to buy new clothes.
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